diff --git a/jmeter-java-dsl-jdbc/src/main/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/jdbc/DslJdbcSampler.java b/jmeter-java-dsl-jdbc/src/main/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/jdbc/DslJdbcSampler.java
index 60e76283..11e0f851 100644
--- a/jmeter-java-dsl-jdbc/src/main/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/jdbc/DslJdbcSampler.java
+++ b/jmeter-java-dsl-jdbc/src/main/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/jdbc/DslJdbcSampler.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ private QueryType getQueryType() {
   private static QueryType solveQueryType(String query,
       boolean hasParams) {
     String queryType = query.trim();
-    if (query.isEmpty()) {
+    if (query.isEmpty() || query.matches("\\$\\{.*}")) {
       return null;
     }
     queryType = queryType.substring(0, queryType.indexOf(" ")).toLowerCase(Locale.US);